Family caregiving: A gender-based analysis of women's experiences

Chronic and Terminal Illness new perspectives on caring and carers

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lee, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family caregiving; Gender; Gender bias; Gender based assumptions; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938821073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192631671.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

References (29)

1. Abel, E. K. (1987). Love is not enough: family care for the frail elderly. American Public Health Association, Washington.
2. Abel, E. K. (1991). Who cares for the elderly? Publicpolicy and the experiences of adult daughters. Temple University Press, Philadelphia.
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics. (1997). Australiall women's yearbook . 1997. Australian Government Publishing Office, Canberra.
4. Brown, W. J., Bryson, L., Byles, J., Dobson, A. J., Manderson, L., Schofield, M. et al. (1996). Women's Health Australia; Establishment of the Australian longitudinal study of women's health. Journal of Wo mell's Health, 5, 467-472.
5. Brown, W. J., Bryson, L., Byles, J., Dobson, A. J., Lee, C; Mishra, G. et al. (1998). Women's Health Australia; Recruitment for a national longitudinal cohort study. Women and Health, 28, 23-40.
6. Choi, N. G. (1994). Patterns and determinants of social service utilization; comparison of the childless elderly and elderly parents living with or apart from their children. Gemmologist. 34, 353-362.
7. Christensen, K. A., Stephens, M. A. P., and Townsend, A. L. (1998). Mastery in women's multiple roles and well-being: Adult dau ghters provid ing care to impaired parents. Health Psychology, 17, 163-171.
8. Doress-Worters, P. B. (1994). Adding elder care to women's multiple roles: a critical review of the caregiver stress and multiple roles literatures. Sex Roles, 31, 597-616.
9. Finch, J. and Groves, D. (ed.). (1983). A labour of love: womell, work and caring. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.
10. Gallagher-Thompson, D. and Devries, H.M. (1994). 'Coping with frustration' classes: development and prelimina ry outcomes with women who care for relatives with dementia. Gemmologist, 34, 548-552.
11. Gold, D. P., Reis, M. E, Markiewicz, D., and Andres, D. (1995). When home caregiving ends; a longitudinal study of outcomes for caregivers of relatives with dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 43, 10-16.
12. Gonyea, J. G. and Googins, B.K. (1992). Linking the worlds of work and family; Beyond the productivity trap. Human Resource Management, 31, 209-226.
13. Hooyman, N. R. and Gonyea, J. (1995). Feminist perspectives on family care: policiesfor gellder justice. Sage Publishers, Thousand Oaks, CA.
14. Kaye, L. W. and Applegate, J. S. (1990). Men as caregivers to the elderly: understanding and aiding unrecognised family support. Lexington, MA Lexington Books.
15. Lee, C. (1998). Women's health: psychological and social perspectives. Sage Publishers, London.
16. Lee, C. (1999). Health, stress and coping among women caregivers: a review. Journal of Health Psychology, 4, 27-40.
17. Max, W., Webber, P., and Fox, P. (1995). Alzheimer's disease: The unpaid burden of caring. Journal af Aging and Health, 7, 179-199.
18. McNaughton, M. E., Patterson, T. L., Smith, T. L., and Grant, I. (1995). The relationship among stress, depression, locus of control, irrational beliefs, social support, and health in Alzheimer's disease caregivers. Journal of Nervous lind Mental Disease, 183, 78-85.
19. Miller, B. and Montgomery, A. (1990). Family caregivers and limitations in social activities. Research on Aging, 12, 72-93.
20. Miller, B., Mcfall, S., and Montgomery, A. (1991). The impact of elder health, caregiver involvement, and glob al stress on two dimensions of caregiver burden. Journal of Gerontology, 46, S9-S19.
21. Osterbusch, S., Keigher, S., Miller, B., and Linsk, N. (1987). Community care policies and gender justice. International Journal of Health Services, 17, 217-232.
22. Peak, T., Toseland, R. W., and Banks, S. M. (1995). The impact of a spouse-caregiver sup port group on care recipient health care costs. Journal of Aging and Health, 7, 427-449.
23. Schofield, H. L, Herrman, H. E., Bloch, S., Howe, A., and Singh, B. (1997) A profile of Australian family caregivers: Diversity of roles and circumstances. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 21, 59-66.
24. Schulz, R., Visintainer, P., and Williamson, G. M. (1990). Psychiatric and physical morbidity effects of caregiving. Journalsof Gemlltology, 45, P181-P191.
25. Sommers, T. and Shields, L. (1987). Women take care: The consequences of caregiving in roday's society. Triad Publishers, Gainesville, FL.
26. Tokyo Metropolitan Government. (1995). Living conditions of the elderly. Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo.
27. Wagner, D. L., and Neal, M. B. (1994). Carcgiving and work: consequences, correlates, and workplace responses. Educational Gerontology, 20, 645-663.
28. Ware, J. E., and Sherbourne, C. D. (1992). The MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36): I. Conceptual framework and item selection. Medical Care, 30, 473-483.
29. Wenger, G. C. (1994). Dementia sufferers living at home. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 9, 721-733.